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1141245

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Mauritania: Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Mauritania on tackling slavery in that country.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>​The UK is at the forefront of international efforts to eradicate modern slavery. While slavery is illegal in Mauritania, there are reports that it still exists. British officials continue to raise the issue with the Mauritanian Government, and we have committed £150 million of aid funding to tackling modern slavery globally.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 03/09/2019 10:10:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1141247

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Armenia: Genocide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to recognise the Ottoman Empire's killing of 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1917 as genocide.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	280960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>​It is the policy of the British Government that recognition of genocide is a matter for judicial decision, rather than for governments or non-judicial bodies. While the terrible suffering cannot be forgotten and we must remember and honour the victims of the past, we continue to believe the United Kingdom's priority today should be to promote reconciliation between the peoples and Governments of Turkey and Armenia and to find a way for these two countries to face their joint history together.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 03/09/2019 11:56:05 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1141248

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Loneliness: Social Prescribing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the commitment made in the loneliness strategy to launch an online social prescribing platform for commissioners and practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	280961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has launched the online social prescribing platform for commissioners and practitioners which includes templates, resources and facilitates regional communities of practice. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:27:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1141249

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Loneliness: Social Prescribing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the commitment made in the loneliness strategy to pilot accredited learning programmes for social prescribing link workers.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	280962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Accredited learning programmes for social prescribing link workers have been developed and are now being delivered by Connexus Healthcare. Further information can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://conexus-healthcare.org/social-prescribing-qualification-training/" target="_blank">https://conexus-healthcare.org/social-prescribing-qualification-training/</a></p><p>After a successful six-month pilot course – the only one of its kind in the United Kingdom – Connexus and its partners have trained the country’s very first group of qualified social prescribers. Plans are now underway to unveil the next cohort of social prescribing courses and qualifications in autumn 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 16:21:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1141250

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Loneliness: Social Prescribing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the commitment in the loneliness strategy to undertake work to assess how a variety of organisations and services currently refer individuals into social prescribing schemes and local provision.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	280963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Loneliness Strategy ‘A connected society: A Strategy for tackling loneliness – laying the foundations for change,’ acknowledged that tackling loneliness is complex and a long-term challenge, requiring action across many fronts and working with local government, public services, the voluntary and community sector and businesses to identify opportunities to tackle loneliness and build more integrated communities.</p><p>Discussions are underway with a range of public sector organisations such as job centres, local authorities, Public Health England and National Health Service agencies to identify what more can be done to improve how they better refer into social prescribing services and provision.</p><p>In addition, social workers play a key role in referring people into community services and the co-chair of the Principal Social Worker network sits on the National Social Prescribing network to promote their work and share learning.</p><p>The Department expects to report on the outcome of this commitment in late autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/09/2019 14:29:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1141262

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Visually Impaired and Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to increase registration rates and voter turnout of (a) visually impaired voters and (b) voters with learning difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	280933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In September 2017 the Government launched a Call for Evidence to find out how people with disabilities experience registering to vote and voting itself. The government responded to this in August 2018 and is working with organisations such as the RNIB and the Royal Mencap Society in overseeing delivery of the actions contained in the Government’s response and more widely.</p><p>These actions include reviewing the online registration system, utilising opportunities to promote awareness for groups representing disabled people, such as in National Democracy Week, providing information in Easy Read format and making use of sight registers held by local authorities in England to support more and better information being made available.</p><p><br>Improvements in place and intended for the voting process also support participation and include improved training of polling station staff to provide better support to voters with sight loss and those who have a learning disability and consideration of options for equipment for people with disabilities to use when voting.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2019 13:28:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141268

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of reports that people who are paid on the last day of the month are incorrectly showing on the HMRC database as having been paid on the first working day of the month on the ability of her Department to correctly assess an individual’s entitlement to benefits; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	281024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit takes earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent. The amount of Universal Credit paid reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period, including any earnings reported by the employer during the assessment period, regardless of when they were paid, or which month they relate to.</p><p>Assessment periods allow for Universal Credit awards to be adjusted on a monthly basis, ensuring that if claimants’ incomes fall, they do not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit award.</p><p>Claimants can discuss queries about how fluctuating income effects Universal Credit with their case managers and work coaches, who can also signpost to services appropriate to individual circumstances.</p><p>The Department has been working closely with HMRC since Universal Credit went live to support and inform employers who report earnings to emphasise the importance of timely reporting via the Real Time Information (RTI) system.</p><p>HMRC have updated their guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is also working closely with HMRC and employers to do this.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/09/2019 14:24:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1141269

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Essential Tremor: Ultrasonics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations his Department has received following recommendations from NICE on NHS England adopting a commissioning policy for MR-guided focused ultrasound for essential tremor; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	280966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In June 2018, the National Institute for Heath and Care Excellence (NICE) developed interventional procedure guidance on ‘Unilateral MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for treatment-resistant essential tremor’. NICE’s interventional procedures guidance looks at whether procedures are safe enough and work well enough for wider use in the National Health Service.</p><p>Due to limited evidence on efficacy, NICE’s guidance recommends that this procedure should not be used unless there are special arrangements for clinical governance, consent and audit or research.</p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database from 1 January 2017 to 25 July 2019 has identified four items of correspondence received on the MR-guided focused ultrasound for essential tremor. This figure represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/09/2019 11:47:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1141270

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Essential Tremor: Ultrasonics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made by his Department's agencies and public bodies of the potential clinical benefits of MR-guided focused ultrasound as a treatment for essential tremor; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	280967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has reviewed Magnetic Resonance Imaging-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) as a treatment for essential tremor and published Interventional Procedure (IP) guidance on this treatment in June 2018. This concluded that the evidence on the safety of unilateral MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for treatment-resistant essential tremor raises no major safety concerns. However, current evidence on its efficacy is limited in quantity. Therefore, this procedure should not be used unless there are special arrangements for clinical governance, consent, and audit or research.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is in the early stages of developing a national clinical commissioning policy for MRgFUS for essential tremor. The policy will determine whether or not the intervention will or be routinely commissioned and include criteria to guide clinical decision-making about the patients who may be able to benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The development of a national clinical policy by NHS England is complex. This takes time, including proper consideration of the evidence and involvement of clinical experts. To ensure consistency and fairness, NHS England follows a standard three stage process. Full details can be found on the NHS England website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/methods-national-clinical-policies/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/publication/methods-national-clinical-policies/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 280968 280969 280970 question first answered 03/09/2019 11:39:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1141271

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Essential Tremor: Ultrasonics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made by his Department's agencies and public bodies of the potential value for money of MR-guided focused ultrasound as a treatment for essential tremor; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	280968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has reviewed Magnetic Resonance Imaging-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) as a treatment for essential tremor and published Interventional Procedure (IP) guidance on this treatment in June 2018. This concluded that the evidence on the safety of unilateral MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for treatment-resistant essential tremor raises no major safety concerns. However, current evidence on its efficacy is limited in quantity. Therefore, this procedure should not be used unless there are special arrangements for clinical governance, consent, and audit or research.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is in the early stages of developing a national clinical commissioning policy for MRgFUS for essential tremor. The policy will determine whether or not the intervention will or be routinely commissioned and include criteria to guide clinical decision-making about the patients who may be able to benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The development of a national clinical policy by NHS England is complex. This takes time, including proper consideration of the evidence and involvement of clinical experts. To ensure consistency and fairness, NHS England follows a standard three stage process. Full details can be found on the NHS England website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/methods-national-clinical-policies/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/publication/methods-national-clinical-policies/</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 280967 280969 280970 question first answered 03/09/2019 11:39:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma